Golf: Whitewash moves Easter Moffat closer to promotion

Jun 17 2009 by Colin Paterson, Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser

EASTER MOFFAT Golf Club moved a step closer to promotion from the Lanarkshire League Fifth Division after demolishing Biggar.

The Plains team hammered their South Lanarkshire opponents 10-0 to cement their place at the summit.

After two defeats in a week, Drumpellier Golf Club got back to winning ways in the First Division with a 9-1 thrashing of Strathaven.

Young Callum Morrow was the night’s top performer as he secured his first success of 2009 with a 6&5 triumph over Craig Duguid.

Jim Reid’s performance also caught the eye as he followed up a win at Cambuslang with another solid victory.

None of the Drumps line-up lost a match as they comfortably claimed the points and the club now sit in the top half of the table.

In the Third Division, leaders Airdrie Golf Club enjoyed a free week.

l ALLYN DICK produced a terrific second round score of 67 to win the Drumpellier Cup for the second time in three years.

The Kingsknowe Golf Club member finished two shots clear of Drumps’ Steven Rennie after amassing a two-under-par aggregate score of 140.

l DRUMPELLIER Golf Club held their Buchanan Medal/Help the Aged/third championship qualifier on Saturday and attracted 188 players. Results were as follows:

First Class - Winner, J Alexander 71 (6) 65bih; 2nd, P McCabe 73 (8) 65; 3rd, R Crawford 73 (5) 68.

Second Class - Winner, A Pryde 77 (14) 63; 2nd, H McIntyre 79 (12) 67; 3rd, J Dawson jnr 79 (11) 68bih.

Third Class - Winner, R Wardlaw 88 (22) 66bih; 2nd, D W Moore 81 (15) 66; 3rd, C Blades 90 (23) 67bih; 4th, J B Blair 83 (16) 67bih.

Best Scratch Score: J Alexander 71.

SSS - 70. CSS - 70.

l RETURNS from Airdrie Golf Club’s ladies’ section’s June Medal and first round championship, which drew 37 players, were:

Silver - 1st, Linda Turner (13) 67; 2nd, Mary Mason (19) 68; 3rd, Meg Paterson (20) 70.

Bronze - 1st, Geraldine Caulfield (27) 66acb; 2nd, Lynsay MacKay (25) 66; 3rd, Maureen Agnew (35) 67.

Best Scratch Score: Linda Turner 80. CSS - 68.